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281 people call this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, La Roche-sur-le-Buis falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up 50% of its housing. It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things La Roche-sur-le-Buis does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Roche-sur-le-Buis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle du Saint-Sépulcre, in Beaumont-du-Ventoux, 9 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Roche-sur-le-Buis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Roche-sur-le-Buis.
34% of residents are 65 or over, above both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 13% of the population here. Graduates make up 44% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| La Roche-sur-le-Buis | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.3% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in La Roche-sur-le-Buis number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.5 per worker). No commute at all: 6.9% of working residents in the town at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,510 a year per consumption unit, close to both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri BarbusseNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 41 | 83%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.85/m² a month. 12 houses and apartments changed hands in La Roche-sur-le-Buis from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Roche-sur-le-Buis as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Roche-sur-le-Buis is a commune of 281 people in the Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-sur-le-Buis | 281 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nyons | 6,816 | 11 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Malaucène Vaucluse | 2,758 | 11 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Bédoin Vaucluse | 3,106 | 12 | — | D | — | A− |
| Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse | 6,058 | 13 | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Caromb Vaucluse | 3,479 | 15 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.